Article ; Online: Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3 Genomes from RNA-Positive but Serologically Negative Plasma Donors Have CUG as the Start Codon for ORF3.
2018 Volume 61, Issue 2, Page(s) 96–103
Abstract: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen that causes hepatitis worldwide. Molecular studies have identified HEV RNA in blood products although its significance is not understood. This study was undertaken to characterize HEV genomes in asymptomatic plasma ... ...
Abstract | Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a pathogen that causes hepatitis worldwide. Molecular studies have identified HEV RNA in blood products although its significance is not understood. This study was undertaken to characterize HEV genomes in asymptomatic plasma donors from Sweden and Germany lacking anti-HEV. Complete open reading frames (ORFs) were obtained from HEV strains in 5 out of 18 plasma donors who tested positive for HEV RNA. All strains had CUG as the start codon of ORF3, while 147 GenBank strains all had AUG as the start codon (p < 0.0001). This substitution was found in both interrelated and unrelated strains belonging to different phylogenetic clades. The HEV strains from the seronegative plasma donors had no other substitution in common, which may be why the CUG substitution seems to explain the seronegativity. |
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MeSH term(s) | Amino Acid Sequence ; Blood Donors ; Codon, Initiator ; Genome, Viral ; Genotype ; Hepatitis E/virology ; Hepatitis E virus/classification ; Hepatitis E virus/genetics ; Hepatitis E virus/immunology ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G/immunology ; Immunoglobulin M/immunology ; Open Reading Frames ; Phylogeny ; RNA, Viral ; Viral Proteins/chemistry ; Viral Proteins/genetics |
Chemical Substances | Codon, Initiator ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; ORF3 protein, Hepatitis E virus ; RNA, Viral ; Viral Proteins |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2018-10-02 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 184545-7 |
ISSN | 1423-0100 ; 0300-5526 |
ISSN (online) | 1423-0100 |
ISSN | 0300-5526 |
DOI | 10.1159/000491926 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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